Isaiah 40:1
“Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
In Context
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:10And he said to them: “Go, eat fat foods and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who have not prepared for themselves. For it is the holy day of the Lord. And do not be sad. For the joy of the Lord is also our strength.”
Psalms 85:8There is no one like you among the gods, O Lord, and there is no one like you in your works.
Isaiah 3:10Tell the just man that it is well, for he shall eat from the fruit from his own plans.
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the lax hands, and confirm the weak knees!
Isaiah 41:27The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”
Isaiah 50:10Who is there among you who fears the Lord? Who hears the voice of his servant? Who has walked in darkness, and there is no light in him? Let him hope in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon his God.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:1
At this chapter begins the latter part of the prophecy of this book, which is not only divided from the former by the historical chapters that come between, but seems to be distinguished from it in the scope and style of it. In the former part the name of the prophet was frequently prefixed to the particular sermons, besides the general title (as ch. ii. 1 ; vii. 3 ; xiii. 1 ); but this is all one continued discourse, and the prophet not so much as once named. That consisted of many burdens, many woes; this… Read the whole commentary →